HELP! which EIDE controller should I get?

[Damion]

The 4xEIDE (elbox) unit is OK, but I would get the 'IDE-Fix EXPRESS'
adpater...it speeds up your drives somewhat (speedup depends on
your turbocard, about double on Bliz 1260 cards, even faster on
others) and uses LESS CPU than the original, slower IDE.

The 'FastATA' is the fastest for IDE, but it eats major CPU and
due to this briefly hangs the system at times.

Blizzard SCSI is best for the 1200, yet also the most expensive...


BTW: IDE-Express is hard to find now, but Vesalia.de still carry them
for about 50 euro. Best price/performance and software IMO...

[Damion]

Hi mantisspider,

Email Oliver directly (order@vesalia.de) and
let him know you want the 'IDE-Fix Express', it's
not listed on his site very well.

This one is also good for CF adapter, because
bulk "transfer rate" matches well with what you
will find in currently available 'faster' CF
cards.

Also -- If you're using a 2.5" IDE drive, you
may need to buy an extra cable (at least mine
didn't come with one)..